As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt
Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and
been shortlisted three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories
for children and young adults. The idea for the A Boy Called
Christmas series came when his son asked what Father Christmas was
like as a boy.
Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. He has won
the Nottingham Children's Book Award and been commended by the
Sheffield Children's Book Award. He loves his work and likes to
write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have
had on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and
lives in Yorkshire.
The traditional search 'n' rescue adventure, done with charm,
energy and enough wit to keep even the adults who will be reading
this aloud as a festive bedtime story alert . . . A lovely, warm,
enveloping seasonal read
* * Guardian * *
Tells us the origins of Christmas as we know it . . . Haig gently
infuses his charming book with lessons on caring for each other and
the power of hope
* * Mail on Sunday * *
If somewhere in the afterlife Roald Dahl met Charles Dickens and
they cooked up a new Christmas tale, it couldn't have much on this
fleet, verbally rambunctious, heart-stealing follow-up to A Boy
Called Christmas
* * New York Times * *
The Girl Who Saved Christmas will melt your Grinch-frozen heart
*SIMON MAYO*
A plucky adventure tale in which Haig reminds us of and reworks the
meaning of Christmas, pinning it onto a message of hope . . .
Heartwarming
* * The Herald * *
The sequel to last year's A Boy Called Christmas . . . will enchant
children and melt the hearts of even the most cynical adults.
Beautifully illustrated, and full of sly jokes and heartfelt
wisdom, this is another Christmas cracker
* * Sunday Mirror * *
Oh what fun it is to READ! . . . It's funny, sad and . . . full of
wonderful characters. (We all need a Truth Pixie in our
lives...)
* * Daily Mail * *
An evocative, inventive and lively tale full of heart and
humour
* * Daily Express * *
Funny, heartfelt, pacey and with brilliant illustrations . . . A
homage to Charles Dickens that may well endure as long as the work
of that great man himself
* * Associated Press * *
Haig's understanding of grief, cruelty and the need for hope turns
a comedy about threatened elves and malfunctioning magic into a
classic. A hanky for every eye and a copy in every stocking for
eight plus readers, please
* * New Statesman * *
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